Bradford: City of Dreams - Netflix

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Bradford: City of Dreams is a two-part series exploring contemporary
life in the Yorkshire city of Bradford, and how its citizens are
attempting to defy the gloomy economic conditions.

Type: Documentary

Languages: English

Status: Ended

Runtime: 60 minutes

Premier: 2013-05-09

Bradford: City of Dreams - Stuart McCall - Netflix

Andrew Stuart Murray McCall (born 10 June 1964), commonly known as
Stuart McCall, is a professional football manager and former player. He
made a total of 763 league games and in 40 full international matches
for Scotland during his playing career. McCall started his career with
Bradford City, where he made his first-team debut in 1982. He played six
seasons at Valley Parade, during which time he won the Division Three
championship, a title which was overshadowed by the Bradford City
stadium fire when 56 people died and in which his father Andy was
injured. After missing out on promotion in 1987–88, McCall moved to
Everton, for whom he scored twice but finished on the losing side in the
1989 FA Cup Final. In 1991, he moved to Rangers, with whom he spent
seven seasons and won six league titles, three Scottish Cups and two
Scottish League Cups. McCall returned to Bradford City as captain to
take them into the top division of English football for the first time
in 77 years. After four seasons he moved to Sheffield United, where he
retired as a player in 2005. Born and raised in England, McCall
qualified to play for Scotland through his Scottish father. He won 40
international caps and scored one goal in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in
Italy. He also played in two European Championships but his
international career ended after he was left out of the 1998 World Cup
squad. McCall was part of the coaching staff during his second spell at
Bradford City, briefly serving as caretaker-player manager in 2000. He
continued his coaching at Sheffield United and was assistant manager to
Neil Warnock until May 2007, when he returned to Bradford City for a
third time, this time as manager. He spent two-and-a-half seasons in
charge of Bradford City, leaving in February 2010. Just before the end
of 2010, he was appointed Motherwell manager. He stayed at Fir Park for
four years, helping the club finish second in the league twice. After a
poor start to the 2014–15 season, he resigned in November 2014. McCall
was appointed manager of Rangers in March 2015, but left the club at the
end of a short-term contract.

Bradford: City of Dreams - Style of play - Netflix

McCall was a box-to-box midfielder characterised by his tireless
running, tackling and also weighing in with an average of one goal every
11 games. Despite his position in the middle of the park he was rarely
suspended and was sent off just once in his career – in the final minute
of a 2–0 defeat to Charlton Athletic on 4 November 2000. He also had a
never-say-die attitude proven by a number of key late goals including
his equaliser which sent the 1989 FA Cup Final into extra-time, and a
93rd-minute equaliser against Tottenham Hotspur during Bradford's
difficult start to their Premier League campaign in the 1999–2000
season. He was a passionate player with a strong desire to win games.
Even in his final years of his career he was described as a player with
“plenty of drive and ambition” by manager Neil Warnock.